3/07/2015

Banaanikakku / Banana Cake With Vanilla Cream Cheese Frosting

Do you have ripened bananas sitting on the counter, waiting for somebody?

Or do you just feel like a simple, old fashioned banana cake with thick, vanilla cream cheese frosting?

Well, I've got a solution for you. A recipe for this moist, delicious cake for you to whip up for a quick sweet tooth fix.

I was amazed how damn amazing banana bread tasted when I first tried it. It wasn't even near as banana-y as I though which I think was a good thing. Don't get me wrong, I love bananas, I just don't like the way they get really mushy if they're warm or cooked. But boy was I surprised. Moist, sweet, cake-y texture. What else can you ask from a bread? Seriously one of my favorite ways to use ripened bananas.

And then there's this terrifically delicious cake you can eat worry-free for breakfast, I mean, it contains banana and banana's healthy, right? You can always omit the frosting while this cake turns kinda into a banana bread and you can add different kinds of toppings you like (I LOVE Nutella spread all over my slice of banana bread..). Not a bad idea, was it?

The original recipe contained poppy seeds, but I kinda forgot them... Tell me if you tried this with the seeds and tell me your opinion!

Ingredients:

Adapted from: Butteryum

Cake:

2 tbsp butter, at room temperature

2/3 cup sugar

1/2 cup sour cream

1 large egg

2 ripe bananas, mashed

1 tbsp vanilla extract

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/4 tsp salt

1/2 tsp baking soda

(1/2 cup poppy seeds)

Frosting:

4 oz cream cheese

2 tbsp butter, at room temperature

the seeds of one vanilla bean

2 cups confectioner's sugar, sifted

milk for thinning the frosting

fresh lemon juice

Method:

Preheat oven to 350F.

Cream the butter with sugar and sour cream until fluffy. Beat in egg, mashed bananas and vanilla.

Sift the flour, salt and baking into the wet mixture and mix until just combined. Fold in the poppy seeds, if using.

Spread the mixture into a greased 8x8 baking pan. Bake for 25 minutes or until a tooth pick inserted into the middle just comes out clean.

Cool before frosting.

To make the frosting mix all the ingredients until it's thick but spreadable. Taste and add lemon juice as needed.